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Rate of tree die-off in Amazon higher than conventionally believed

2013-02-01 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The rate of tree mortality in the Amazon rainforest due to storm damage and drought is 9-17 percent higher than conventionally believed, reports a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Comparing Landsat satellite images with on-the-ground observations, researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, INPA, Tulane University, and other institutions found that roughly half a million dead trees across a 1000-square-mile plot of Brazilian rainforest...

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